Nature & Modernity: Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou and Huangshan Tour

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Tour Code: ODY-CN-459

Destination:Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Huangshan

Duration

8 Days

Tour Type

Private & Bespoke

Tour Style

Classic

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About This Trip

Visit the must-see sites of Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou, and Huangshan on the 8-day tour packages. Begin in Shanghai, where you will see the modern architecture along the Bund and stroll around Fuxing Park. Next, go to Suzhou to explore the UNESCO-listed Lingering Garden. Then, pay a visit to Hangzhou, where you will admire the classical beauty of China in the West Lake. Finish your tour in Huangshan with visits to the spectacular Mt. Huangshan and the picturesque Hongcun.

Itinerary Summary

DAY PLACE HIGHLIGHTS
1 - 2 Shanghai The Bund, Fuxing Park, Bugaoli, Stone Gate
3 - 4 Suzhou Lingering Garden, Tongli Water Town, Pan Gate, Suzhou No.1 Silk Factory
5 - 6 Hangzhou West Lake, Lingyin Temple, Dragon Well Tea Plantation, Museum of Hu Qing Yu Tang Traditional Chinese Medicine Drugstore
7 - 8 Huangshan Mt. Huangshan, Hongcun
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Day 1: Shanghai, Arrival

Upon your arrival in Shanghai, your personal guide will meet you and escort you to your hotel. The rest of the day is yours to relax.

Shanghai

Day 2: Shanghai City Tour

As a microcosm of old Shanghai, the Bund will show you a spectacular international architecture and history exhibition. Listen to your personal guide tell the stories behind the historical buildings and get an in-depth understanding of the ever-changing Shanghai. Followed by the tour is Jade Buddha Temple, a silk workshop, and then take a relaxing stroll around Fuxing Park, where can see the locals enjoy their leisure time, such as dancing, playing cards, playing Tai Chi and badminton. Later, continue to Bugaoli to see the traditional Stone Gate (Stone Arched Gate), stop at a food market and try some popular dim sum. By such a tour, you can get an overview understanding of the vibrant, dynamic and complicated urban landscape hidden behind the blazing face of Shanghai.

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Shanghai

Day 3: Shanghai - Suzhou, Tongli Water Town

After a 1.5-hour drive, you'll reach Tongli Water Town, one of the most beautiful water towns in the Jiangnan region. Crisscrossed by canals and dotted with over forty ancient stone bridges, Tongli feels like a living Chinese painting, where whitewashed walls and black-tiled roofs reflect gracefully in the water.

Take a hand-rowed boat ride through the waterways, passing under graceful arched bridges and willow-shaded banks. Stroll along the cobbled lanes to explore traditional residences, quiet courtyards, and small shops that reflect the charm of an old Chinese water town. Then, return to Suzhou for an overnight stay.

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Suzhou

Day 4: Suzhou - Hangzhou

Start today's tour from the Lingering Garden, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the best-planned garden in Suzhou. Afterward, embark on a rickshaw to glimpse at the locals' life and move on to Pan Gate Scenic Area, where you will see a 2,500-year-old ancient city gate that combines a waterway and a land way perfectly. Later on, visit Suzhou No.1 Silk Factory. Built in 1926, now it is an assembly of a museum, producing mill, sales house and fashion show platform.

After the tour, head to Hangzhou by high-speed train. Upon arrival, your local guide and driver will greet you and escort you to your hotel.

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Hangzhou

Day 5: Hangzhou Highlights

Follow your tour guide to discover the poetic charm of West Lake in the morning. Whether rainy or sunny, you are always treated with a typical picture with the classical beauty of China: tree-lined causeways, exquisite pavilions, stone bridges that contrast with the water and leisurely boats on the lake.

In the afternoon, continue the tour to Lingyin Temple, Dragon Well Tea Plantation and Museum of Hu Qing Yu Tang Traditional Chinese Medicine Drugstore. At the drugstore, you can see people buy different Chinese herbal medicine, just as what could be seen hundreds of years ago.

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Hangzhou

Day 6: Hangzhou - Huangshan

Board on a high-speed train heading to Huangshan. Arrive after around 2 hours, meet your local guide at the railway station and then be escorted to visit Hongcun, a picturesque village that perfectly embodies local people's daily life and their beautiful dwelling architecture. When the tour ends, head to your hotel in the city for check-in.

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Huangshan

Day 7: Mt. Huangshan

After breakfast, drive about 1.5 hours to the foot of Mt. Huangshan (the Yellow Mountain), where Yungu cable car will take you up to the mountain. When getting out of the cable car, you need hike 20 to 30 minutes along the stone steps to reach your hotel. Check in and have a short break at the hotel, and then follow your tour guide to enjoy the fabulous scenery of Beihai Area.

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Mt. Huang Shan

Day 8: Huangshan, Departure

Get up early in the morning to catch the magical sunrise, and then back to your hotel to have breakfast. Afterward, proceed to discover the incredible beauty of the West Sea Area. After that, take the cable car down the mountain and head to the railway station or airport for your departure flight or train.

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Richee Family Adventures

05 Aug 2025

Second Honeymoon My wife and I celebrated our 20th anniversary by spending a few weeks touring around Asia. We loved how Odynovo worked with us to craft a tour of what we wanted to see and how we wanted to see it. This was our first time traveling with a private tour guide, and it was truly amazing. they took care of all transportation, tickets, and everywhere we went we had someone who not only spoke our language, but was also very well-versed in the places we were visiting. We saw Beijing and then took a bullet train to Xi'an. In both cities we had tour guides who had done this "a thousand times," and as a result knew all the tricks on where to take the best pictures, what lines to stand in, where to eat, and what not to waste your time seeing. At one point our guide pulled out ponchos from her backpack when it started to rain, while another helped us haggle for a good price on a new suitcase. We were surprised by how much we loved China, and it is safe to say that is because of the quality of service we got from Odynovo. Oh, and the hotels were great, too! In our first hotel my wife fell in love with her breakfast soup that she had to have every morning, while in Xi'an we were right around the corner from the Muslim Night Market and were able to get to it in less than 5 minutes of walking.We are already looking to see what tours we will be doing next through Odynovo, as the service was amazing, the quality was remarkable, and the cost was very worth it for what we received.
Shannon V

05 Aug 2025

Fabulous! We had a fabulous experience with our guide and Odynovo walking the Great Wall of China, and all other sites in Beijing. We loved our Peking duck dinner. It was fabulous. Thank you, Sammie/Jing for a great experience.
domotic d

05 Aug 2025

Beijing Beauty It started off with a friendly face at the airport, with Roy, our tour guide.The week has been such a pleasure and a treat. From adventures to The Great Wall, Temple of Heaven and the Forbidden City, to local markets, delicious Beijing food and roof top tea houses.Roy and our driver, Mr. Zhou, were prompt in picking us up and driving us around safely.The knowledge and fact about history and Beijing that Roy knows and explains is amazing and the fact he could answer my weird and inquisitive history questionsnwoth ease was a treat.He made it so easy to enjoy ourselves and absorb all that was around us, he even takes great photos too! 😊Polite, kind and thoughtful and ever patient in letting us take our time with things that interested us.I would highly recommend this tour and Roy again and again.
Zarah B

05 Aug 2025

Amazing travel experience My name is Zarah M. Babangida a Nigerian and i visited Beijing with my colleagues from the office. During our 5 day stay in Beijing, Ms. Eva Ma, was our Tour guide and from the minute we came through the Arrival Gate of the Airport, we were embraced by her alluring smile and warm welcome. She remained consistent with her warmth, a kind and intelligent professional who exuded unique passion not just for her job as a tour guide but, even more so as a proud Chinese woman. Her outstanding insight and knowledge of the sweet Chinese history and heritage left us in awe. I couldn't be more proud and thankful that she was assigned to our group and she made our stay exciting, fun-filled effortless and knowledge packed. I absolutely commend her dedication to work which she depicted throughout our stay. I recommend her to every visiting tourist because to know Eva, is to love her. If it were up to me, i will increase her bonuses or upgrade her salary as i am sure most tourists would want or revisit for her sake first and then perhaps other reasons.Thank you Eva and keep the passion up🙌.

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